Drivers can support organ donor efforts with purchase!

LANSING, Mich. –  Michigan’s newest license plate, which encourages organ donation efforts, is now on sale, Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson announced today.

The Donate Life plate carries the Donate Life logo and the message: "Be an Organ, Eye & Tissue Donor."

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the plate, which costs $35 in addition to any applicable registration fees, will go to the Thomas Daley Gift of Life Fund to promote organ, tissue and eye donation. The fund is named in honor of Thomas Daley, 23, who died in an accident in 2011 and was an organ donor. Daley the son of Rep. Kevin Daley, R-Lum, and his wife Deborah.

"The new license plate is a great way for every compassionate Michigan citizen to show support, in a highly visible way, for organ, tissue and eye donation," said Richard Pietroski, CEO of Gift of Life Michigan, the state's organ and tissue recovery organization. "Just as importantly, it provides funding to educate the public about how everyone can be a hero to the thousands of people here and across the nation who need a life-saving transplant."

The Donate Life plate can be purchased by mail, fax or at any Secretary of State office and will be mailed to customers. Donate Life plates may also be personalized using Plate it Your Way. For more information, visit the Secretary of State website at www.michigan.gov/sos.

See the full Secretary of State Release Letter HERE.

The Donate Life plate can be purchased by mail, fax or at any Secretary of State office and will be mailed to customers.  You do not have to wait for your current plate to expire.

To ORDER, go HERE.  Or click on the license plate below.

Donate Life plates may also be personalized using Plate it Your Way.